New Secretary in Department of NR Region

New Delhi, Dec 3 (UNI) Mrs Veena Sreeram Rao, Director General, CAPART, was today appointed Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

The appointment of Mrs Rao, a 1972 batch IAS officer from the Karnataka cadre, was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, which also extended the tenure of of Mr P P Mathur, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, up to March 31, 2008.

Mr U K Varma, a 1976 batch IAF officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was made Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, an official release here said.